The Grove Plantation

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name = The Grove


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location = Leon County, Florida
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The Grove Plantation was a modest cotton plantation of convert|640|acre|km2|1 located in central Leon County, Florida and established by Richard Keith Call in the 1830s. Call was also owner of Orchard Pond Plantation.

In 1942, The Grove and its history passed to Mary Call Darby Collins and became the home of the late Gov. LeRoy Collins and his wife, Mary, great-granddaughter of Call. The Collinses sold the home and remaining nine acres to the state for eventual use as a museum. LeRoy Collins is buried at The Grove Cemetery.

Location

The Grove is located in what is now mid-town Tallahassee and once stretched from Brevard Street on the south to Tharpe Street on the north. It is located just north of the Governor's Mansion.

Today

The Groves' area has been sold away. The Grove falls under the protection of Florida Statute 267.075, Title XVIII, Chapter 267 which states that The Grove be utilized as a house museum of history for the educational benefit of the citizens of this state. The Grove Advisory Council oversees and advises the Florida Division of Historical Resources on the operation, maintenance, preservation, and protection of the The Grove or Call/Collins House.

Photo gallery

Sources

*Tallahassee Democrat, August 1, 2006
* [http://www.flsenate.gov/statutes/index.cfm?App_Mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=Ch0267/Sec075.htm&StatuteYear=2005 Florida Senate statutes]
*Paisley, Clifton; "From Cotton To Quail", University of Florida Press, c1968.